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I sure appreciate the TLN TV Network for doing an in-depth interview with me on my new book The Day Satan Called.  I wanted to share this with you.

From time to time I love to post something that my wonderful wife Janet has written to the ladies on her Chocolate and God blog.  Every

Janet and Bill

day she has something awesome to say.  I thought todays Bible study needed to be shared with everyone.  All of  us struggle with a weakness or two and at times it really becomes very discouraging.  I want you to read what Janet wrote, it’s a great perspective.  This is a great word from God and an encouragement to all of us.  CLICK HERE to read the Bible study.  Trust me, you’ll be encouraged.

Check out my Facebook page today.  I am praying for people by name.  You’ll understand once you arrive.  CLICK HERE for my Facebook page.

God bless,

Bill & Janet Scott

Each day I have an area on my Facebook where people can submit their name so I can pray for them.  Hopelessness is something that many deal with on a daily basis.  I just received this prayer request minutes ago, “Heavenly Father please heal my family. I feel so alone.”  One of Satan’s biggest tools used on believers is hopelessness.  If you are being honest, you have experienced hopelessness in your own life at some point, perhaps even as you read this.  I’ll be honest with you, this week I was attack with hopelessness and it’s one of the worse feelings in the world.  The Bible says the following.

John 10:10,

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Satan is focused on taking you down.  If he can get you to feel hopeless in your marriage, job, future, finances, kids, friends etc… than he can destroy you and any potential you have.  In Isaiah 61:3 it says, “The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;”  I think this verse would really hit home if it was written, “The garment of praise for the DEMON of heaviness.”  Can you have heaviness and it not be a demon? of course.  However, I really believe a lot of the time Satan has come to put hopelessness and heaviness on us so we cannot function.  Getting someone to pray over us when we feel hopelessness is powerful and putting on worship music is a huge tool in the battle to defeat heaviness, this is why the Bible says put on the garment of praise.  It’s like God has given us the prescription for the sickness that has been placed upon us.  The later part of John 10:10 says that God has given us life and that He wants us to have it more abundantly.  That sounds like the total opposite of hopelessness, amen?  Satan cannot create anything, he can only pervert what God has already made.  God has given us an abundant life, Satan has perverted that and brings us hopelessness.  We need to learn to see the tools of Satan so we can win the battle.  With 40 percent of those going to church not even believing Satan is real, no wonder we are getting the crap kicked out of us.

I woke up this morning and really hearing the Lord saying that I was to write about hopelessness.  Now check this out.  My wife is in the next room writing her daily Bible study for Chocolate and God.  I was blown away to find out she was also writing about hopelessness.  She wrote this today.

“Life can be so frustrating at times and Satan knows just exactly when to attack and he knows exactly what tactics to use.  He watches and he is patient so when he sees you are down he knows it is time to kick you even harder so he can get you to the point of feeling as though your situation is hopeless.  Your situation is never hopeless unless you give up or you refuse to give it all to God!  I know how it feels to be in a situation where you are at the end of all you can take and you can’t see how things can work out.  After Bill and I had to shut down the ministry we were overwhelmed with the fact that we both lost our salaries and there were bills yet that still had to be paid before we could “officially” shut things down, it all seemed hopeless.  How do you pay your own bills as well as the bills of a ministry when you both lost your income?  Maybe for you it is your finances, the economy really took a dive a couple years ago and I know many people lost jobs and then once money is an issue in a relationship a lot of times marriages are jeopardized because of the stress.

Whatever it is you are facing today Jesus would like you to come to Him just like the lady who just knew “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.”  Take any feelings of hopelessness, hurt or frustration you may have today and know that He does care and He can and will help, pour your heart out to Him today trusting that He will move in your life and He can heal you of your illness, He can heal your marriage and your finances, nothing is too difficult for Him!  In the case of this woman, Jesus didn’t even set out to help her, she believed and it was so.  Trust Him today, pray that He will give you any faith you are lacking for your situation and walk in victory today, knowing that the best is yet to come!”  (Read Full Bible Study)

A great quote was also in Janet’s Bible study, “Hope never dies where faith is strong, and faith grows strong in the presence of hope.”  Chad Whitmeyer

I want to take a minute and share a few scriptures that will be of great encouragement to you to so you can overcome any hopelessness.

Psalm 34:17-20, “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.”

Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Isaiah 40:31, “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

Revelation 21:4, “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Ephesians 3:20, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”

There is HOPE!  See hopelessness for what it is, an attack from Satan.  Pray against it, listen to worship music and spend time in the Word of God so you can hear the truth and find out about God’s abundance for your life.

Today if you’ll go to my Facebook, you can CLICK LIKE on the post about hopelessness and I’ll pray for you by name and so will others. You will win the battle, there is hope and God is working on your behalf so DON’T GIVE UP.  Do me a favor, share this blog like crazy through email, blogs, Twitter, Facebook etc…  So many people are feeling hopeless today, lets fight the battle together and win this war!

Bill Scott

My beautiful wife Janet wrote this encouraging note for today.  So many of us live in defeat.  Satan knows if he can steal our joy, he wins.

Janet and Bill

Acts 16:25
But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and
the prisoners were listening to them.

Do you have someone in your life that seems to continuously rob you of your joy?  Sometimes we have people in our lives that just irk us enough that we can start out having a great day and they come along with just the perfect thing to say or do to destroy everything!  Now, did you realize that it is your choice as to whether or not you allow it to ruin your day or not?  You don’t have to allow those things that are said or done rob you of a good day!

Paul and Silas were beaten and put in stocks and they chose to praise God and pray!  They had a choice on how to react to what they were going through; they could have sat there grumbling and feeling sorry for themselves because they were thrown in prison for serving God or they could pray and sing!

Let me ask you this Ladies, when is the last time that allowing things going on around you to ruin your day has helped you in any way?  I know it has never helped me!  In fact it is just the opposite, once I have allowed something stupid to ruin my day everything just seems to go down hill from there.

So, I would encourage you today; when you realize that you are starting to get down because of someone else or you are noticing that someone else’s behavior is consuming your energy, to stop and choose to give them to God. We can’t change someone else, we can’t make them more positive or kind, but we can choose to look at them and consider the source and give them to God to work on.  Don’t let it ruin your day and hinder the things you could accomplish today!  Give them to God and get your focus back to what you are called to do, don’t allow Satan to have the victory over you as well.

Quote:
“Adversity causes some people to break; others to break records.” – William A Ward

Introduction 
I’m Not Really Crazy

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places. 
Ephesians 6:12

I never planned—or even wanted—to write this book.

It’s been years since this event happened—an event that covered eighteen excruciating months of my life. I’ve only shared it with a few trusted individuals over the years. Frankly, I have been concerned that if people who don’t know me well heard me tell this story they would think I was crazy or mentally unstable. But my reluctance to share what happened to me was not just based on a fear that I wouldn’t be believed.

During this event there were death threats that both the police and I took seriously. For eighteen months my home was no longer a sanctuary. I lived in constant fear but especially dreaded nightfall each and every day. Human and inhuman voices. Noises. Threats. Cursing. Blasphemies. Objects moving. Doors opening and closing. Strange calls and visitors at work and home. The experience was simply too surreal and too painful to want to relive. For two decades I have felt it was best not to talk about my experiences to anyone outside of  a small circle of friends.  CLICK HERE TO READ THE FIRST CHAPTER FREE.

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God bless,

Bill Scott

Psalm 51:17, Heart-shattered lives ready for love don’t for a moment escape God’s notice.

How deep does the pain go?  A few years ago someone asked me how my heart was?  My reply, “I don’t have a heart anymore, it’s in too many pieces.”  Perhaps you can relate to that very statement.  Your heart has been crushed and there is simply nothing left.  Satan would love for you to believe there is no hope, no getting better, not a chance you’ll feel joy and happiness again.

John 10:10, The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so they can have life. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way.

So if the last part of this verse is a promise, a promise that you enjoy life in the fullest possible way, then why isn’t that happening.  We know the first part of the verse is true, you are experiencing that right now.  You feel the hurt because Satan has stolen from you, killed your joy and crushed your heart.  So how do we make it to the second promise in this verse, the promise of having life given to us in it’s fullest possible way?

King David in the book of Psalm felt the heaviness and hurt we are discussing today.  Psalm 119:28, My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word.

There is life in the Bible.  Satan tries to make us feel so hopeless that we no longer want to spend time in the Word, right?  Yet, David makes it clear that he can be strengthened according to God’s Word.  Satan loves for us to give up reading our Bible.  He knows that is where we’ll find life again, healing, joy, happiness and yes, receiving life in the fullest possible way.  Often we just need to be reminded that we need to get back to God and the power of life that only He can provide.  I love the first verse that says, “Heart-shattered lives ready for love don’t for a moment escape God’s notice.”(The Message)  Your shattered heart has already been seen by the creator and He is ready to love on you and bring back the life that you lost through  your set back, disappointment and hurt.

Psalm 139:16-22,  You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body;  You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day.  Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful!  God, I’ll never comprehend them!   I couldn’t even begin to count them—any more than I could count the sand of the sea.

Wow, this verse gives me so much encouragement and here is why.  God is not winging it with your life.  Your life is not an after thought to the creator.  He was watching from conception.  He has all of your days planned out.  This verse talks about God thinking about us so much so, that His thoughts toward you would be like counting the sand of the sea.  Why would He think so much about you?  Because He is crazy about you.  Satan would love for you to feel like God has abandoned you.  That is so far from the actual truth.

The battle that we talk about on this blog is very real.  Satan is battling for your very heart.  If he can keep you in a world of hurt, he wins.  Nehemiah 8:10, Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”   There are times of grief, hurt, disappointment and set backs, however if we allow Satan to keep us in that world of hurt, we’ll begin to lose the fight.  Ecclesiastes 3:1-8,  ¹ To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: ² A time to be born,  And a time to die;  A time to plant,  And a time to pluck what is planted; ³ A time to kill,  And a time to heal;  A time to break down,  And a time to build up;  ⁴ A time to weep,  And a time to laugh;  A time to mourn,  And a time to dance;  ⁵ A time to cast away stones,  And a time to gather stones;  A time to embrace,  And a time to refrain from embracing;  ⁶ A time to gain,  And a time to lose;  A time to keep,  And a time to throw away;  ⁷ A time to tear,  And a time to sew;  A time to keep silence,  And a time to speak;  ⁸ A time to love,  And a time to hate;  A time of war, And a time of peace.

The key word in this verse is “season.”  A season is for a period of time.  It’s normal to feel all of the emotions that Solomon talks about in Ecclesiastes.  However, when we get stuck in a season, it becomes a stronghold in our life.  Satan will use that as an anchor so we will never be used of God again.

Philippines 3:13-14, Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, ¹⁴ I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 

Most of us have heard this verse before, but it’s great to be reminded of gold nuggets in scripture like this.  We all need to be encouraged to get back up and begin to move forward.  To allow God’s healing to impact our life.  For most of us this is a journey, something that doesn’t happen overnight.  Each day we’ll begin to feel more of God’s life in us.  There is hope.  The best is yet to come.  2012 is your year.  I love the following quote because it’s so true.

“Don’t be discouraged.  It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. – Author Unknown

I would love for you to pray this prayer today.  Lets take the first step of moving forward together.  “Lord, the hurt goes so deep, the setback so devastating and the disappointment so paralyzing.  Thank you God that you care.  That you have seen my shattered heart.  Restore to me my joy, heal my heart and help me to move forward again.  I trust you with my hurt today.  I believe that 2012 is my year and that I have Your favor.  Restore to me what Satan has stolen and thank you for life in the fullest.  I praise your name.  In Jesus name, amen.”

Thank you so much for the reviews.  It’s good to know the book is impacting lives.  Please continue to help me share the message that is in this book.  Here are some recent reviews.

I am 21 years old. I have never grew up in a religious type family. Until i read this book, I wasn’t sure if I believed in anything. I thank bill scott for writting this amazing book! Its a book I cannot and refuse to put down!  I’m on day 2 of reading this book and im only 3 chapters away from finishing! Awesome awesome book!

I never doubted that evil is real. It’s in the Bible, God’s Word. God’s Word talks about the fall of Lucifer who became satan when he fell. and he steals, kills and destroys, and his demons do his dirty work. Bill’s book testifies of this reality. He had a close encounter of an evil kind. In the book, his story took a couple of wierd twists that took me by surprise, but that’s the devil. We are in a war. Read the book, and learn more of this war.

I read this book in a few hours. Easy read, can’t put it down. This is a terrifying story, especially when you have had experiences of your own and you know things like this happen. Some people may not believe this story, but things like this happen all the time and people have no clue. Bill Scott makes the book easy to read and tells a story about the truth in the spiritual world.

What an amazing book. Having had similar experiences, it was so refreshing to read a book that really explains what happens with the paranormal. Bill Scott is an exceptional author and this book is a must read. The best part was how Mr. Scott uses scripture and the power of prayer and has great detail in that area. Thank you for writing this book!

I thank the author and all those who helped to put this book in print for God’s people to get a hold off. Cant say I have the same experience, but in the past have encountered similar and still today, however the “Church Universal” need to be awaken to the spiritual warfare of this age. This book is God sent in my life at this time, it’s AWESOME, God bless.

I have read many books about Christ and how he works in the most amazing ways, this book says it all, it is scary but it’s the truth that many people ignore. this book needs to be read by all!!! Good job writing and sharing your story with us mr. Scott!!

I just finished this book and absolutly loved it. This book was interesting from cover to cover. I loved the cover, unlike one of the reviewers. It kind of jumps out at you. This book was easy to read and understand. You don’t have to be a college graduate to understand it. Bill scott quotes many bible passages which I loved. I believe everything he wrote about. I went to a healing service 20 years ago and a woman was possessed, I’ll never forget it. The incident left a strong inpact in my life just as Bill Scott had an impact on his life. Something like this always stays with you. Good Job Bill

The Day Satan Called is a book every Christian should read.   I would have given anything to read a book like this years ago 
it would have helped me.   When I was growing up my father got involved in the occult and it opened spirtual doors in the home, I could relate to some of the stuff in this book. What Scott describes in his book does happen, I have been 
in counseling and deliverance ministry for 16 years this stuff is real.  I love the book, it grabs you from the beginning and you can’t put it 
down. Thank you Scott for writing this book and sharing your personal story, I believe your book will help a lot of people find freedom from the schemes of the devil.   Thank you for your boldness to put it in print.

I have had the opportunity to know The Author of this book since we were Kids, and I was excited to know that he had written a book, When I started the first Chapter, I knew this book had me hooked! It is a must read for anyone who even wonders about things happening that can’t be explained! I urge anyone to read this book and then refer it to a friend.

I bought this on a whim; I usually research and read reviews before I purchase a new book. By far this is the most educational (and yet terrifying) book I’ve read on the subject of Satan and his demons. It opened my eyes to all the evil that exsists around us in every day life and has made me much more aware of the choices I make. And through this book I’ve tried to educate others…it’s a great ‘witnessing’ and teaching tool. However, it’s sad that most churches and pastors don’t preach/teach on this subject and if they do, it’s hardly ever in depth enough. I would highly recommend this book and would also like to see it as a Bible study.

This book was a must read for me. I don’t read much but for some reason I needed to read this one. I started reading when I brought it home and did not put it down untill I was finished with it. WOW. This book was so intense. Do demons really exist? I’ve never seen one but I now have a outlook on life and things that are around me that I can live with and talk about to someone else. When I finished reading, I had to talk to others about the book. The author explaines events in such detail that there was no doubt about what the author is trying to say, no gaps in time, no questions! I don’t think you can go wrong with this book.

If you have read the book, please post a review by CLICKING HERE.  Thank you for helping me to share the story of God’s power through this book.  If you haven’t got the book, you can get it online or in most bookstores, Christian and mainstream bookstores.

REAL QUICK!  If you didn’t get a chance to listen to my interview with Janet Parshall, just CLICK HERE and you’ll be able to hear about 44 minutes of interesting facts about the book.

God bless,

Bill Scott

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